Casino Choice UK News Archive


February 2006

‘Lady in Waiting’ wins $1 million on slots machine

A woman from California won over $1 million last weekend while waiting for her friends to arrive so they could go for Sunday Brunch.
Read Full News Item - Submitted: 28/02/06 at 12:46:05

Green light for Glasgow casino

A hotel in Glasgow has been given permission to convert the largest ballroom in Scotland into a huge casino.
Read Full News Item - Submitted: 24/02/06 at 10:35:01

Hard Rock Hotel Inc. considers selling Nevada casino

Hard Rock Hotel Inc. announced yesterday that it may sell its fashionable property just east of the Strip – The Hard Rock Hotel and Casino.
Read Full News Item - Submitted: 23/02/06 at 10:09:22

Casino training school’s official opening

The UK’s first casino training academy, which will teach children the tricks of the gaming trade, has its official opening tomorrow.
Read Full News Item - Submitted: 22/02/06 at 11:27:05

Italian regulators under fire from UK gambling companies

Italian regulators have incurred the wrath of UK gaming companies by outlawing access to gaming sites outside Italy.
Read Full News Item - Submitted: 21/02/06 at 11:20:43

New Jersey woman wins $2 million slots jackpot

A woman from Roseland, New Jersey, recently hit an astounding $2 million plus jackpot while playing the slots machines at Borgata Hotel and Casino and Spa in Atlantic City.
Read Full News Item - Submitted: 20/02/06 at 11:07:22

Glasgow heads race for UK ‘super casino’

Following hot on the heels from yesterday’s news that Glasgow developers in charge of the harbour redevelopment scheme were launching a bid for the UK’s first ‘super casino’ license it has transpired that the city is now the front runner in the race to win the governments approval.
Read Full News Item - Submitted: 16/02/06 at 10:58:34

Super Casino planned for £1.2 billion harbour re-development

An ambitious plan to convert Glasgow’s waterfront into one of the country’s most popular tourist destinations featuring a Las Vegas style ‘super-casino’ at its heart was unveiled yesterday.
Read Full News Item - Submitted: 15/02/06 at 10:48:54

Gala Group acquires riverside casino

The UK’s Gala Group, one of the country’s biggest casino and bingo operators, has acquired the Leo Casino in Liverpool, for £14.5 million.
Read Full News Item - Submitted: 14/02/06 at 14:02:09

UK casino boss found dead

One of the UK’s best known casino bosses has been found stabbed to death at his home in Leeds.
Read Full News Item - Submitted: 10/02/06 at 10:55:06

Man sentenced for leaving 82-year-old mother on pavement outside casino

A 57-year-old man from Chicago was sentenced yesterday to 18 months probation after he admitted to leaving his 82-year-old mother in a wheelchair on the street outside a Gary casino while he went in to gamble.
Read Full News Item - Submitted: 08/02/06 at 11:05:19

Hooters opens Las Vegas casino

Hooters, the American company famous for turning a light-hearted chicken restaurant with busty waitresses into an international chain, has opened its first Las Vegas casino, just off the Strip.
Read Full News Item - Submitted: 07/02/06 at 11:09:28

Illinois Gaming Board considers universal card plan for casino visitors

Just because you’ve got no hair left and walk with a cane, don’t expect to just stroll into an Illinois casino un-hassled.
Read Full News Item - Submitted: 06/02/06 at 11:02:21

Sheffield enters the fray with bid for UK ‘super casino’

Unperturbed by the recent rumours that Blackpool has been the recipient of favouritism from the Casino Advisory Panel, Sheffield City Council has announced plans to lodge a bid for a ‘super casino to be built in Sheffield.
Read Full News Item - Submitted: 03/02/06 at 12:38:34

New floating casino for Michigan City

The Blue Chip Casino Hotel announced today the opening of its new casino – Blue Chip.
Read Full News Item - Submitted: 01/02/06 at 12:52:25

Waitresses sue casino for humiliating weight and ‘health’ policy

Two former cocktail waitresses have filed a $70 million sex discrimination case against an Atlantic City casino claiming they and other “Borgata Babes” were humiliated by the company’s employment policy.
Read Full News Item - Submitted: 01/02/06 at 12:23:35

Smoking ban could cost Ontario casino’s C$500 million a year

Ontario casino’s could lose up to $500 million ($438 million US) a year by introducing a smoking ban, because it may drive casino punters who smoke to US alternatives.
Read Full News Item - Submitted: 01/02/06 at 12:09:09

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